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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1926-05-07

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1926-05-07, page 01

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Jeivish Newspaper Reaching ^ety Home
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Devoted to ^Merican
and
Jewish lekab
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume IX — No.
19
COLUMBU.S, OHIO, May 7, 1926
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
"Send Us Loans Or Food," Is Petition Of Jewish Traders
Economic Crisis In Poland Has
Alfccted the Jewish Trader
More Gravely Than Any
Qther Class.
BIG NATIONAL APPEAL
NOW IN FULL SWING
New York—David A. BrOwii, na¬ tional chairman of tlio United' Jewish Campaign, has made jiuhlic 'a petition from the Executive Committee of llie JewLsli Traders' and Merchants' Coop¬ erative of Poland, wln'ch it has sent to the Joint Distribution ..Committee, mak- illB an. urgent plea for ,2()0"00OJewi.sh small merchants .in l^oland. : "Tlie economic cri.si'S' in Poland, which has destroyed the very basis of life here, has aflFected. more gravely than any other -class the Jewish trader who has literally been ' strangled. If is true that all classes of-the Jewish population are suf¬ fering terribly," says the' petition in part, "but none has been so impoverished, .ren-^,' dered so destitute, so htlpless as we, be¬ cause .not only have we not Jjcen able to earn a livelihood, hut our meagre cap¬ ital h,as bcenwiped out by the stagnation of business and the colossal taxes 'we have 'been compelled to pay to the gov- .ci-nment.
".Anticipating this crisis, we sought to protect ourselves in a itieasure against the danger we saw .threatening the hun- .d.reds of thousands bf small traders in Poland, and.took steps to' set up.a.coop- er.itiye o.rfianization as a means of pro¬ tection. We have succeeded 'in uniting 200,0.00 small fradrs in 200 localities. In Warsaw alone'we have a membership of 5,000. In practically every town we have set up credit cooperatives which aim to make small loans to their members on long terms and easy payments'. But, . imfbrtunatcly, we . are entirely witbout funds to put these plans into efifect. .; "Meantime; the condition of the small traders is.-becoming worse. .Many'.of them are quietly starving to death after having sold even their household' posses¬ sions in order either lo inect the demands for tax payments OT'to buy food for their hungry families.. . "Our offices have been beseiged daily by hundreds who beg for loans with which they wouW attempt to do business. Later on the same: men return, no longer asking for loans, but food — food for: a day. at least. They returri iKcause we were unable to respond to their -first appeal. Those who are ashamed to -come write letters^—and we are ih.re- ceipt of thousands. of letters imploring help, even a little help.
"We therefore turn to yoii. with -the cry of anguish of the small traders of Poland —wc turn to you, oiir fcethren in. America that they may know our ter¬ rible plight. Our. one reqiiest is loans-^ reasonable loans on long term credits t'b rescue thc - hundreds- of thousands of- small traders who «;itlioui these loans must perish."
JBIG TURNOUT EXPECTED MOTHERS'DAY CELEBKA- •t TION TOMORROW EVE
>t A big turnout is expected at
' the Mothers' Day celebration
. sponsored-by Zion Lodge,! No.
(12, I. O. B. B., nt thc Bryden
; Road 'Temple tomorrow evening.
Elaborate'arrangements have
been made for this occasion, by
thc officcrB of tlie lodge and
'every Jew. and Jewess in the
city is cordially invited to he
I present.
Kabbi Saniuel S. Mayerberg of Dayton, Ohio, who has many ' friends in this city, will deliver ; an old-time oration on "What A Mothers Mean to Humanity". V ' Don't forget thc time and place; tomorrow cvenilig at .the Bryden Road Temple. ,
A Mother's Workand Her Hopes.
iiy RABBI JACOB KLEIN
RABBI TARSHISH TO ADDRESS OPEN MEETING OF HADASSAH, MAY 13TH
Rqibbi Jacob Tarshish of the Bryden Road Temple will address members of the Hadassah,'at the meeting which will also be open to the public on Thursday afternoon, May 13th, at two o.'dock, at the'Hebrew School/558 E. Rich Street.
The subject of the Rabbi's talk will be one of vital interest to ev^ry Jew¬ ish woman and girl. ' '. , '
Miss Ruth Frank will present a number of her pupils in a playlet, "Getting Contributions," which will, no doubt, prove most enjoyable.
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin d Leaving For A Trip Abroad Saturday, May 22
To Visit England, Germany, France,
Italy, Egypt and Palestine; Rabbi
Will Do Research ;WorU,
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin will, leave. Pittsburgh Shabuoth night in time to board the Leviathan; wMch will sail from New York, Saturday, May 22. .The rabbi and his wi-fe Will visit England, Germany, Fra'iice, Italy and Egypt on their way to Palestine.
Rabbi Hailperin aims to get first-:'hand information ab.oiit Jewish Palestine in the making.' Since Palestine is no larger than tile state of' Nisw Jersey, tlic rablpi feels that five weeks in that country Will be sufficient to sense the possibilities and potentialities of a Jewish homeland in Palestijie.'
While in Europcj in- addition to his making a study of Jewish life .in the larger centers, Riabbi Hailperin will in¬ vestigate some of the important literary sources that throw light upon the rela¬ tions between Jewish and Christian learning in the later Middle Ages. This is a general field in which the rabbi has been Interested for some time; In the more important European libraries, he win look for material, revealing the in¬ fluence of Rashi upon Nicholas of Lyra,' — the latter, a Christian exegete, who owed much to Rashi, and tecame in turn, a source for Luther, the founder,of the Christian Reformation. The possibilities ¦of working in this field'were first pointed out to the rabbi by Prof. George B. Hat¬ field, of the Department of History of the University of Pittsburgh.--'-Ouring this semester, Rabbi Hailperiii is giving two courses in the. University, in- Me-? diaevai and European History.;
Rabbi Hailperin is now ^completing the fifth year of his ministry in the Tree of Life , Congregation. He went there directly upon graduating from the Jew¬ ish Theological ' Seminary of America.
Mrs. Hailperin, riow visiting her par¬ ents Rev. and Mrs, Simon Silverman, was popular in musical circles in this city .for several years. As "Harriet SlI- veruian,", she gave a number of piano recitals. Her Bachelor of Arts degree she obtained from.the Ohio State Univ¬ ersity. Rabbi and Mrs, Hailjieriii are blessed with a son, Cyrils Baer. , , ,,
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin will return to Pittsburgh, September third. The Tree of Life.Sisterhood is.giving a fare¬ well putilic reception tptheiV rabbi atid his wife Sunday night, May 10, at which time, the members of the Congregation and the rabbi's friends in the community will be given an opportunity to say fare¬ well and "b,on voyage."
May the 9th has been designated IIS "Mothers' Day." Filtingi indeed, is it that in tile nioiith of May each, year we set apart one day in reverence and honor 'to hcr who gave us birth; the season of a Mother's love. Is ever spring —il never dies. >Jo tnatlcr what the evi¬ dence of wrong her qliild has done she still believes him innocent, of else for¬ gives. . He may have grown to man's estate, he's still her boy. Such is the faith, and love that makes better mfen and women of us all. Let 'us both; young and old alike, hallow this day vvith recollections of the truths .and ¦lessons learned at Mother's knee.
It.is true to nature; although it 'be expressed in. a ! figurative form, that a Mother is both the rnorning and the evening star of life. Nay, in cases not a few, where there has,been ho fear of God before the eyes of the young-rr- where His love, has been iinfelt and His la\y outraged, a Mother's affection and her tenderness has held transgressors by the heart-strings, and been the means of leading them back to virtue and to God.
Can a Mother's love be supplied? ^No! A thousand times No I Alasl how little do we appreciate a MoMer'j tenderness while living. How arc we in youth of. all her anxieties and kindiics,i?? But when she is dead and gone, when we ex¬ perience how hard it is to find true sym¬ pathy, how few to love us for ourselves, how,few will befriend lis in misfortunei then it is that we think of ¦ the Mother we have lost. The Mother can take man's whole nature^ under her control. She 'becomes what she has been called',, "The Divine'of Infancy." Her smile is its sunshine,- her word its'mildest law. .
(Rrov, 0:200 "My -son, keep, the commtiiidmeiit of thy Father .and for¬ sake not the teaching' pf thy Mother; bind them continually upon, thy heart tie them about thy neck." When thou walkest, it ¦. shall lead thee, when thoii liest down, it shall watch over thee, and when thou awakest, it .shall talk with thee,''
From Mother we received the first lessons of morality, purity,, virtue, our fundamental principles of education;. In the r.owning events of business and sotial life, one does not always get opportuni¬ ties to i-ealize the extent of women's, activities, in other cities pr in other lands. Jewish womanhood of this country was recently startled by, the sad news that M!isa Rose Brenner, National President of the Council *>f Jewish Women, had passed away. In the death of Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N, Y., on Mon¬ day,. April 5, 1926, the, Coimcil has sustained an irreparable loss. No woman has more fully exemplified the highest ideal for which the Council of Jewish Women stands. In addition to a deep religious fervor, a keen'irisight into af¬ fairs, a fine executive ability, she was possessed of a great love foi- those "with
Dayton Rabbi WiU Deliver 1 Principal AddrcHS at
Mothers' Day Celebration
whom she lived and worked. Surely the influence of a woman of'her type, will live for years to come and remain a beacon light of encouragement and higher, inspiration.
.The, wonderful and luysterioiis pres¬ ervation of tiic, .Jewish iicople is due the Jewi.sh woman, tlic good-and pious Mother. The Talmud admonishes us: '*'Be ciirgtul not, to cause woman to ¦:wecp, for God counts'her leans. Israel was redeemed from Egypt on account of the virtue of .its wOmen. He who weds' a good woman,, it is as if he had fuinile.d all the' precepts of, the law." To her the Talmudic sentence applies: ¦"It is woman alone through whom God's blessings are vouchsafed,to a hou^e.
There are millions who fail to appre¬ ciate the work that Mothers do, mil¬ lions that ignore tlic seH-^sacrifice'and devotion upon ; which society is based. On a,hot night, in maiiy o/ our large cities, you see hundreds of women sitting in the doorways, taking care of babies.. In the; middle of thi night, in earliest morning, .when men sleep, all over the world, in big houses and in dingy; tenements, you ; find women awake, cheerfully and gHadly taking care,of babies,
, We.respect and praise the nian self-* ishl>y working for himself. If he; builds up a great ind'Ustry and a great personal fortune, we praise him. If he risks his hfe for personal glory and for praise, we praise him. If he shows, courage even in saving his own body from de-' struction; we praise him. Thei^was never a man whose courage, or dWition couW be compared with that of a wdinan caring for her baby. The Mother^ love is unselfish, and it has no-limit tWs side of the grave. You will find oncyftuan in a thousand who will risk his life for a cause. Yoii will fipd a thousaudiwomen in a thousand who will risk then: lives for'their babies. Everything that a. has and is he owes to his' Mother. FrcJ^n her he gets health, brain, ehcourageV ment, moral character, ind all his chances .of success. /How poorly the Mother's- service is repaid, by men indi¬ vidually, and by. society as a whole! The individual man feels that, he has done ipuch if he gives sufficient money and a-little attention to her who brought him from nothingness into life and sac¬ rificed her sleep and youtli, and strength for his sake.
Society, .the aggregate of human .be¬ ings, feels that its duty is done when a few hospitals are, opened' for, poor Mothers, and a little medicine doled out in cold-hearted fashion to the sick child. .Fortunately, it may. truly be said that the great man is almost always appre¬ ciative of his great Mother. ,
Napoleon, was cold, jealous of other men, monumentally egotistical when comparing,hmiself with other sons of ¦. iCohtimicd on page A) ,
RABBI SAMUEL S. MAYERBERG
Thousands Mourn Death of Oscar S. Straus In New York
Noted Statesman anct Philantliro-
pist Had Been in Failing .
Health for Some Time
ROSE FROM POVERTY TO WEAXTH AND INFLUENCE
Approximately $205,000 InSubscYiptions Already Received, Says Chairman
Local Jewish Community Chest Is Gradually Being Filled —845,000 Still To Be Raised By Teams , . of Workers
'.Approximately $2O.j,'O0O in subscrip¬ tions has already been received at the office of Edwin J. Schanfarbcr, chair¬ man of the campaign for the Colum¬ bus. United ' Jewish Fuiid. Teams of workers are continually biisy canvass-r ing the'city and eliciting subscriptions from folks ,who, liave* up .to date not been approached. , ' ''. ' ' '
From present indication.'! the cam¬ paigii will , be wound up within the next two weeks; for every conscientious Jew in the city realizes the imperative necessity of'co-operation in this stupend¬ ous effort. ' The'realization has come to all that,we. have been united for a .most noble purpose and that a great success will crown our efforts if -^ye only work together in unison and harmony.
-Elsewliere in this issue the Chronicle is publishing the Honor Roll which contain."; the iiames of all who have sighed their pledges. This,honor roll will be continued from week to week until the drive is over.
Is youir hami on thi;^ Honor. RoU? Have ypii done your duty.? Do not delay any longer. You can send yoiir sub¬ scriptions direct to 'E. J.' Schanfarber^ Yuster Bldg., Columbus, Ohio, and they will ^le acknowledged through thC' Chron¬ icle.
HAS BEEN ACTIVELY IDEN¬ TIFIED WITH UNITED JEWISH FUND CAM¬ PAIGN OF COLUMBUS
JOIN THE HADASSAH!
A membership campaigh has been launched by the Colnmbus Chapter of Hadassah. Mrs. B. E. Tushbant is chairman bf the membership committee. If you are approached don't fail to say "Yess."'
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
While there arc a number of other subscriptions in the olTice of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, they have not yet gone through the regular channels at the . tinie the Chronicle went to press. Additional subscriptions will be an¬ nounced fi-om time to time.
STILL TIME!
It is to be hoped thaf those who have not already subscribed to the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, will ehher call the offices of the Fund, Adams 6IM6, or one,of the solicitors, who wiU be glad to call on them either at their home or place of business.
Big Crowd Expected At The Agadath Achim Card Party Wednesday Night
Reservations are being sent to Mrs. J. i Krakowitz and Mrs. A, Shaffer for the big card party to be given next Wednes¬ day evening. May 12lb, at the Fort Hayes Hotel under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Agudath Achim.
Each table will be given One of the lovely prizes.which have been secured for, this affair. '
Tickets are only fifty cents, tables, two dollars. Reservations can be made for parties.
Everyone is cordially invited. ¦
JUDGE MAHAFFEY ADDRESSES PHI PEL'rA GAMMAS
'. "No man was ever made better by a stay in a reformatory," Municipal Judge E. V. Mahaffey told members of Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity, 1917 Waldeck Avenue, at a dinner last Monday night. "Prisons lost their ating with the depar¬ ture of tile whipping post," tie said. Me also stated that he did not believe the Volstead act ever could be enforced.
NATHAN FINKELSTEIN
Mr. Finkelstein, who has been an ardent worker in numerous religious and educational causes, has been especially active in the local Jewish Fuiid cam¬ paign. Mr. Schanfarber, tlie cliairman, has commended him for his untiring ef¬ forts and expressed the belief that Mr. Finketstein's work had a most salient in¬ fluence on the course of the drive. He lives at 688 Wilson Avenue and is one of the'pillars of the Agudath Achim con¬ gregation as well as of the, Talmud Torah,
COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE CONFIRMANTS
The following, are members of the confirmation class-of the Bryden Road Temple:
Bamberg^f, Sol, 1214 Madison Ave.; Berman, Miriam, 86 Dana Avenue; Bornheim, Adeline, 90 Latta; Burnstine, Frances. 1438 Bryden Road; ^ohen, Tressa, 1794 Oak Street; Davidbrf, Mar¬ tin. Coshocton, .0.; Fox, Hilda, 1036 Wilson; Frank. Florence, 1711 Bryden Road;, Freidenberg, Malcolm, 411 S. Ohio; Gitiin, Isador, 181 S. Nineteenth Street; Goldman. Harold, 25-lo Sher¬ wood Road; Isaac, Sol Martin, 1794 Franklin; Jay, Arthur, USi Bryden Road; Katz, Annette, GIS S. High; Lev¬ ison, Helen, 1802 Bryden Road; Ixieb, Marjorie, 178-i Bryden Road; Mattlin, Maurice, flO'3)/< Wilson Avenue; Nassau, Evajyii, 1858 Franklin Avenue; Polster, Edythe, 2518 Sherwood Road; Sculler, Simon, 1648 Franklin Avenue; Wine- miller. Dorothy, 119G Fairview Avenue.
Make Luncheon Reservations At Once; Anair Will Take Place on May 11th
. Reservations will be accepted until noon today . by Mrs. Harry Freiden¬ berg, Adams 2661, for the luncheon to be given Tuesday, May -Mth, at 12:90 o'clock at the Bryden Road. Temple by the Rose E. Lazairus Sisterhood. This luncheon , marks _ the closing meeting of the year and is given in honor of the retiring president,. Mrs. Marcus H. Burnstine.
A clever sketch, ''The Beauty Shop," will be presented, officers and board members to appear in the cast.
The following will be voted upon for officers for the ensuing ytear: Mrs. Nathan Gumble, president; Mrs. Adolph W. Loeb, first vice president; Mrs. Louis fcahn, second vice president;- Mrs. S. D. Edelman, recording secre¬ tary; Mrs. Sam Hy.nerhan, corre¬ sponding secretary; Miss Julia Stein¬ feld, ' treasurer; Mrs. Sol Goldsmith, auditor; ,and Mesdames Joseph Basch, Fred. Lazarus, Jr., Hiram H. Cohen and AUcn Gundersheimei;^, directors. , Mrs. L A. Rosenthal and Mrs. Al¬ bert Luchs have been named to fill unexpired terms of directors. Mrs. Marcus Burnstirje automatically ' be^ comes a member of the board.
All members are urged to make their reservations no later than noon today.. The luncheon, which will be a very delioioiis one, will be oiily oiie dollar per plate.
Junior Y.WH. A, Follies On Sunday, May 16th
Don't forget the Junior Y. W. H. A. Follies ou Sunday, May 16th, at 7:30 p. m. at the Schonthal Community House. A real treat is in store for all who will attend. Remember the time and place.
Louis Marshall, Felix M. War¬ burg and Others Pay Him
.. Glowing Tributes
Oscar S.'Straus, American statesman and diplomat, and one of thc'outstaiid- ing figures in American Jewry for half ' a century,, died suddenly Monday morn¬ ing from a heart attack. Mr. Straus was in his scvciityf sixth year. ' ¦ .-,
Oscar Salomon Straus, who was'hon¬ ored by five American, presidents, .was (wicc member of the United States cab- ; inet and was United States Ambassador to . Turkey, the first Jew to, hold this., post. He, was a,colleague of President _ Roosevelt in the formation of-tlic Pro¬ gressive.Party andin 1912 was the can-; didate of his party for governor of New . York. He was born December 23. 1850 and whcnli^ canie to this couiitry settled in Georgia, living at Talbotton, Ga., and: in Columbus, until ,1865. when he came to New York.
He received the degree of Bachelor Of. Arts from Columbia University, in ISTlj ' LL.B. in 1873 and his Master's, degree in 187-J. He 'al.«io held degrees from Brown University, Washington'and Lee, University of Pennsylvania. In 1882 he vvas married to Sarah. Lavanburg.
Served Under Five Presidents , ,.
He practice! law,, in New York from 1873 to lB8i, following, which he, held ,' various civic and governmental posi-: tions, being appointed Ambassador to Turkey in 1887^ which post he held until 1901. He was appointed a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration' at The Hague in 1902* to fill the vacancy of ex-President. Harrison. He was. reap¬ pointed by 'Presidents'. Roosevelt, Taft and. Wilson...Oscar Straus wa.s Sqcre-^ , tarv' of Commerce and Labor in' the cabinet of President Roosevelt and was Ambassador to Turkey agaiii in 1909.'.',
He was chairman of the New York Public Service ComiTiissioh in, ,19,15, and; held various positions in the National Primary League, the American Sbcial. Science Association,'the National Civic Federation, the International Law As-. sociatifih. He was president of the New . York,Board of Trade and Transporta- -, tion. .
Strove for Arbitration and Peace
He was also chairman of the arbitraT tion commission to decide the wage dis¬ pute between eastern railways, and their . engineers in 1902. In 1919 lie was chair-^ man df the /Paris Commission of the League to Enforce Peace, and was a member of President Wilson's second in-, dustrial conference.
Mr; Straus wais the authOi- of many works, including "The .Origin of the Re¬ publican Form of Government in the, United States," ."Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious' Libetry," "The Development of Religious Liberty in the: United States;""Reform in. the. Consular Service," "United States Doctrine of Citizenship," "Our Diplomacy with Ref-r erence to Our Foreign Service," "The American Spirit," and "Under Four,Ad¬ ministrations."
The death of Oscar S, Straus was mourned throughout the country.
Tribute from Louis Marshall
' "Oscar S. Straus was a man who em^ ¦ bodied all that was finest and most ex¬ alted in American citizenship," Mr. Louis Marshall stated. "Exceptionally versed in_ our national history, bur con- XCoiititmed on page i)
THE PI TAU PI FRATERNITY DOES ITS SHARE
, Don't forget tp attend the Mothers Day Celebration (tomorrpw) Sunday evening at the Bryden Koad Temple.
The Pi Tau, Pi Fraternity, through its secretary, Arthur W. Cohen, has sub¬ scribed $75.00 to the United Jewish Fund of Columbus. A 1<K)% subscrip¬ tion from individual members of the fraternity is reported as well.
CORRECTION
Rho Chapter of the A., E. Phi Sorority has given ^75 to the Columbus Jewish Fund instead of |25 as reported in last week's issue of the Chronicle,
Important Meeting of Ohio State University Menorah Society
The first contributions for . the Essay Award will be read by Ben L. Braunstein and Bertha Josephson at the next meeting of the Ohio State University Menorah Society at the Hillel Foundation (tomorrow) Sunday afternoon at 3 p, m.
An open discussion will tahe place following the reading of the essays. The contest has been arranged by the Union of American Hebrew Coiigrega-^ tions. The judges will be Rabbi Jacob Tarshish. Dr. B. W. Abramson* and Mr. Theodore Beckman. Contributions ivill Iw accepted until May 15. •
Everyone is cordially invited Tu attend this meeting—at the tlUlel Uuube—Sunday after¬ noon.
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Central Ohlo\ Only
Jeivish Newspaper Reaching ^ety Home
W^ OMfta MtttBlf
Devoted to ^Merican
and
Jewish lekab
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume IX — No.
19
COLUMBU.S, OHIO, May 7, 1926
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
"Send Us Loans Or Food," Is Petition Of Jewish Traders
Economic Crisis In Poland Has
Alfccted the Jewish Trader
More Gravely Than Any
Qther Class.
BIG NATIONAL APPEAL
NOW IN FULL SWING
New York—David A. BrOwii, na¬ tional chairman of tlio United' Jewish Campaign, has made jiuhlic 'a petition from the Executive Committee of llie JewLsli Traders' and Merchants' Coop¬ erative of Poland, wln'ch it has sent to the Joint Distribution ..Committee, mak- illB an. urgent plea for ,2()0"00OJewi.sh small merchants .in l^oland. : "Tlie economic cri.si'S' in Poland, which has destroyed the very basis of life here, has aflFected. more gravely than any other -class the Jewish trader who has literally been ' strangled. If is true that all classes of-the Jewish population are suf¬ fering terribly," says the' petition in part, "but none has been so impoverished, .ren-^,' dered so destitute, so htlpless as we, be¬ cause .not only have we not Jjcen able to earn a livelihood, hut our meagre cap¬ ital h,as bcenwiped out by the stagnation of business and the colossal taxes 'we have 'been compelled to pay to the gov- .ci-nment.
".Anticipating this crisis, we sought to protect ourselves in a itieasure against the danger we saw .threatening the hun- .d.reds of thousands bf small traders in Poland, and.took steps to' set up.a.coop- er.itiye o.rfianization as a means of pro¬ tection. We have succeeded 'in uniting 200,0.00 small fradrs in 200 localities. In Warsaw alone'we have a membership of 5,000. In practically every town we have set up credit cooperatives which aim to make small loans to their members on long terms and easy payments'. But, . imfbrtunatcly, we . are entirely witbout funds to put these plans into efifect. .; "Meantime; the condition of the small traders is.-becoming worse. .Many'.of them are quietly starving to death after having sold even their household' posses¬ sions in order either lo inect the demands for tax payments OT'to buy food for their hungry families.. . "Our offices have been beseiged daily by hundreds who beg for loans with which they wouW attempt to do business. Later on the same: men return, no longer asking for loans, but food — food for: a day. at least. They returri iKcause we were unable to respond to their -first appeal. Those who are ashamed to -come write letters^—and we are ih.re- ceipt of thousands. of letters imploring help, even a little help.
"We therefore turn to yoii. with -the cry of anguish of the small traders of Poland —wc turn to you, oiir fcethren in. America that they may know our ter¬ rible plight. Our. one reqiiest is loans-^ reasonable loans on long term credits t'b rescue thc - hundreds- of thousands of- small traders who «;itlioui these loans must perish."
JBIG TURNOUT EXPECTED MOTHERS'DAY CELEBKA- •t TION TOMORROW EVE
>t A big turnout is expected at
' the Mothers' Day celebration
. sponsored-by Zion Lodge,! No.
(12, I. O. B. B., nt thc Bryden
; Road 'Temple tomorrow evening.
Elaborate'arrangements have
been made for this occasion, by
thc officcrB of tlie lodge and
'every Jew. and Jewess in the
city is cordially invited to he
I present.
Kabbi Saniuel S. Mayerberg of Dayton, Ohio, who has many ' friends in this city, will deliver ; an old-time oration on "What A Mothers Mean to Humanity". V ' Don't forget thc time and place; tomorrow cvenilig at .the Bryden Road Temple. ,
A Mother's Workand Her Hopes.
iiy RABBI JACOB KLEIN
RABBI TARSHISH TO ADDRESS OPEN MEETING OF HADASSAH, MAY 13TH
Rqibbi Jacob Tarshish of the Bryden Road Temple will address members of the Hadassah,'at the meeting which will also be open to the public on Thursday afternoon, May 13th, at two o.'dock, at the'Hebrew School/558 E. Rich Street.
The subject of the Rabbi's talk will be one of vital interest to ev^ry Jew¬ ish woman and girl. ' '. , '
Miss Ruth Frank will present a number of her pupils in a playlet, "Getting Contributions," which will, no doubt, prove most enjoyable.
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin d Leaving For A Trip Abroad Saturday, May 22
To Visit England, Germany, France,
Italy, Egypt and Palestine; Rabbi
Will Do Research ;WorU,
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin will, leave. Pittsburgh Shabuoth night in time to board the Leviathan; wMch will sail from New York, Saturday, May 22. .The rabbi and his wi-fe Will visit England, Germany, Fra'iice, Italy and Egypt on their way to Palestine.
Rabbi Hailperin aims to get first-:'hand information ab.oiit Jewish Palestine in the making.' Since Palestine is no larger than tile state of' Nisw Jersey, tlic rablpi feels that five weeks in that country Will be sufficient to sense the possibilities and potentialities of a Jewish homeland in Palestijie.'
While in Europcj in- addition to his making a study of Jewish life .in the larger centers, Riabbi Hailperin will in¬ vestigate some of the important literary sources that throw light upon the rela¬ tions between Jewish and Christian learning in the later Middle Ages. This is a general field in which the rabbi has been Interested for some time; In the more important European libraries, he win look for material, revealing the in¬ fluence of Rashi upon Nicholas of Lyra,' — the latter, a Christian exegete, who owed much to Rashi, and tecame in turn, a source for Luther, the founder,of the Christian Reformation. The possibilities ¦of working in this field'were first pointed out to the rabbi by Prof. George B. Hat¬ field, of the Department of History of the University of Pittsburgh.--'-Ouring this semester, Rabbi Hailperiii is giving two courses in the. University, in- Me-? diaevai and European History.;
Rabbi Hailperin is now ^completing the fifth year of his ministry in the Tree of Life , Congregation. He went there directly upon graduating from the Jew¬ ish Theological ' Seminary of America.
Mrs. Hailperin, riow visiting her par¬ ents Rev. and Mrs, Simon Silverman, was popular in musical circles in this city .for several years. As "Harriet SlI- veruian,", she gave a number of piano recitals. Her Bachelor of Arts degree she obtained from.the Ohio State Univ¬ ersity. Rabbi and Mrs, Hailjieriii are blessed with a son, Cyrils Baer. , , ,,
Rabbi and Mrs. Hailperin will return to Pittsburgh, September third. The Tree of Life.Sisterhood is.giving a fare¬ well putilic reception tptheiV rabbi atid his wife Sunday night, May 10, at which time, the members of the Congregation and the rabbi's friends in the community will be given an opportunity to say fare¬ well and "b,on voyage."
May the 9th has been designated IIS "Mothers' Day." Filtingi indeed, is it that in tile nioiith of May each, year we set apart one day in reverence and honor 'to hcr who gave us birth; the season of a Mother's love. Is ever spring —il never dies. >Jo tnatlcr what the evi¬ dence of wrong her qliild has done she still believes him innocent, of else for¬ gives. . He may have grown to man's estate, he's still her boy. Such is the faith, and love that makes better mfen and women of us all. Let 'us both; young and old alike, hallow this day vvith recollections of the truths .and ¦lessons learned at Mother's knee.
It.is true to nature; although it 'be expressed in. a ! figurative form, that a Mother is both the rnorning and the evening star of life. Nay, in cases not a few, where there has,been ho fear of God before the eyes of the young-rr- where His love, has been iinfelt and His la\y outraged, a Mother's affection and her tenderness has held transgressors by the heart-strings, and been the means of leading them back to virtue and to God.
Can a Mother's love be supplied? ^No! A thousand times No I Alasl how little do we appreciate a MoMer'j tenderness while living. How arc we in youth of. all her anxieties and kindiics,i?? But when she is dead and gone, when we ex¬ perience how hard it is to find true sym¬ pathy, how few to love us for ourselves, how,few will befriend lis in misfortunei then it is that we think of ¦ the Mother we have lost. The Mother can take man's whole nature^ under her control. She 'becomes what she has been called',, "The Divine'of Infancy." Her smile is its sunshine,- her word its'mildest law. .
(Rrov, 0:200 "My -son, keep, the commtiiidmeiit of thy Father .and for¬ sake not the teaching' pf thy Mother; bind them continually upon, thy heart tie them about thy neck." When thou walkest, it ¦. shall lead thee, when thoii liest down, it shall watch over thee, and when thou awakest, it .shall talk with thee,''
From Mother we received the first lessons of morality, purity,, virtue, our fundamental principles of education;. In the r.owning events of business and sotial life, one does not always get opportuni¬ ties to i-ealize the extent of women's, activities, in other cities pr in other lands. Jewish womanhood of this country was recently startled by, the sad news that M!isa Rose Brenner, National President of the Council *>f Jewish Women, had passed away. In the death of Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N, Y., on Mon¬ day,. April 5, 1926, the, Coimcil has sustained an irreparable loss. No woman has more fully exemplified the highest ideal for which the Council of Jewish Women stands. In addition to a deep religious fervor, a keen'irisight into af¬ fairs, a fine executive ability, she was possessed of a great love foi- those "with
Dayton Rabbi WiU Deliver 1 Principal AddrcHS at
Mothers' Day Celebration
whom she lived and worked. Surely the influence of a woman of'her type, will live for years to come and remain a beacon light of encouragement and higher, inspiration.
.The, wonderful and luysterioiis pres¬ ervation of tiic, .Jewish iicople is due the Jewi.sh woman, tlic good-and pious Mother. The Talmud admonishes us: '*'Be ciirgtul not, to cause woman to ¦:wecp, for God counts'her leans. Israel was redeemed from Egypt on account of the virtue of .its wOmen. He who weds' a good woman,, it is as if he had fuinile.d all the' precepts of, the law." To her the Talmudic sentence applies: ¦"It is woman alone through whom God's blessings are vouchsafed,to a hou^e.
There are millions who fail to appre¬ ciate the work that Mothers do, mil¬ lions that ignore tlic seH-^sacrifice'and devotion upon ; which society is based. On a,hot night, in maiiy o/ our large cities, you see hundreds of women sitting in the doorways, taking care of babies.. In the; middle of thi night, in earliest morning, .when men sleep, all over the world, in big houses and in dingy; tenements, you ; find women awake, cheerfully and gHadly taking care,of babies,
, We.respect and praise the nian self-* ishl>y working for himself. If he; builds up a great ind'Ustry and a great personal fortune, we praise him. If he risks his hfe for personal glory and for praise, we praise him. If he shows, courage even in saving his own body from de-' struction; we praise him. Thei^was never a man whose courage, or dWition couW be compared with that of a wdinan caring for her baby. The Mother^ love is unselfish, and it has no-limit tWs side of the grave. You will find oncyftuan in a thousand who will risk his life for a cause. Yoii will fipd a thousaudiwomen in a thousand who will risk then: lives for'their babies. Everything that a. has and is he owes to his' Mother. FrcJ^n her he gets health, brain, ehcourageV ment, moral character, ind all his chances .of success. /How poorly the Mother's- service is repaid, by men indi¬ vidually, and by. society as a whole! The individual man feels that, he has done ipuch if he gives sufficient money and a-little attention to her who brought him from nothingness into life and sac¬ rificed her sleep and youtli, and strength for his sake.
Society, .the aggregate of human .be¬ ings, feels that its duty is done when a few hospitals are, opened' for, poor Mothers, and a little medicine doled out in cold-hearted fashion to the sick child. .Fortunately, it may. truly be said that the great man is almost always appre¬ ciative of his great Mother. ,
Napoleon, was cold, jealous of other men, monumentally egotistical when comparing,hmiself with other sons of ¦. iCohtimicd on page A) ,
RABBI SAMUEL S. MAYERBERG
Thousands Mourn Death of Oscar S. Straus In New York
Noted Statesman anct Philantliro-
pist Had Been in Failing .
Health for Some Time
ROSE FROM POVERTY TO WEAXTH AND INFLUENCE
Approximately $205,000 InSubscYiptions Already Received, Says Chairman
Local Jewish Community Chest Is Gradually Being Filled —845,000 Still To Be Raised By Teams , . of Workers
'.Approximately $2O.j,'O0O in subscrip¬ tions has already been received at the office of Edwin J. Schanfarbcr, chair¬ man of the campaign for the Colum¬ bus. United ' Jewish Fuiid. Teams of workers are continually biisy canvass-r ing the'city and eliciting subscriptions from folks ,who, liave* up .to date not been approached. , ' ''. ' ' '
From present indication.'! the cam¬ paigii will , be wound up within the next two weeks; for every conscientious Jew in the city realizes the imperative necessity of'co-operation in this stupend¬ ous effort. ' The'realization has come to all that,we. have been united for a .most noble purpose and that a great success will crown our efforts if -^ye only work together in unison and harmony.
-Elsewliere in this issue the Chronicle is publishing the Honor Roll which contain."; the iiames of all who have sighed their pledges. This,honor roll will be continued from week to week until the drive is over.
Is youir hami on thi;^ Honor. RoU? Have ypii done your duty.? Do not delay any longer. You can send yoiir sub¬ scriptions direct to 'E. J.' Schanfarber^ Yuster Bldg., Columbus, Ohio, and they will ^le acknowledged through thC' Chron¬ icle.
HAS BEEN ACTIVELY IDEN¬ TIFIED WITH UNITED JEWISH FUND CAM¬ PAIGN OF COLUMBUS
JOIN THE HADASSAH!
A membership campaigh has been launched by the Colnmbus Chapter of Hadassah. Mrs. B. E. Tushbant is chairman bf the membership committee. If you are approached don't fail to say "Yess."'
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
While there arc a number of other subscriptions in the olTice of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, they have not yet gone through the regular channels at the . tinie the Chronicle went to press. Additional subscriptions will be an¬ nounced fi-om time to time.
STILL TIME!
It is to be hoped thaf those who have not already subscribed to the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, will ehher call the offices of the Fund, Adams 6IM6, or one,of the solicitors, who wiU be glad to call on them either at their home or place of business.
Big Crowd Expected At The Agadath Achim Card Party Wednesday Night
Reservations are being sent to Mrs. J. i Krakowitz and Mrs. A, Shaffer for the big card party to be given next Wednes¬ day evening. May 12lb, at the Fort Hayes Hotel under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Agudath Achim.
Each table will be given One of the lovely prizes.which have been secured for, this affair. '
Tickets are only fifty cents, tables, two dollars. Reservations can be made for parties.
Everyone is cordially invited. ¦
JUDGE MAHAFFEY ADDRESSES PHI PEL'rA GAMMAS
'. "No man was ever made better by a stay in a reformatory," Municipal Judge E. V. Mahaffey told members of Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity, 1917 Waldeck Avenue, at a dinner last Monday night. "Prisons lost their ating with the depar¬ ture of tile whipping post," tie said. Me also stated that he did not believe the Volstead act ever could be enforced.
NATHAN FINKELSTEIN
Mr. Finkelstein, who has been an ardent worker in numerous religious and educational causes, has been especially active in the local Jewish Fuiid cam¬ paign. Mr. Schanfarber, tlie cliairman, has commended him for his untiring ef¬ forts and expressed the belief that Mr. Finketstein's work had a most salient in¬ fluence on the course of the drive. He lives at 688 Wilson Avenue and is one of the'pillars of the Agudath Achim con¬ gregation as well as of the, Talmud Torah,
COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE CONFIRMANTS
The following, are members of the confirmation class-of the Bryden Road Temple:
Bamberg^f, Sol, 1214 Madison Ave.; Berman, Miriam, 86 Dana Avenue; Bornheim, Adeline, 90 Latta; Burnstine, Frances. 1438 Bryden Road; ^ohen, Tressa, 1794 Oak Street; Davidbrf, Mar¬ tin. Coshocton, .0.; Fox, Hilda, 1036 Wilson; Frank. Florence, 1711 Bryden Road;, Freidenberg, Malcolm, 411 S. Ohio; Gitiin, Isador, 181 S. Nineteenth Street; Goldman. Harold, 25-lo Sher¬ wood Road; Isaac, Sol Martin, 1794 Franklin; Jay, Arthur, USi Bryden Road; Katz, Annette, GIS S. High; Lev¬ ison, Helen, 1802 Bryden Road; Ixieb, Marjorie, 178-i Bryden Road; Mattlin, Maurice, flO'3)/< Wilson Avenue; Nassau, Evajyii, 1858 Franklin Avenue; Polster, Edythe, 2518 Sherwood Road; Sculler, Simon, 1648 Franklin Avenue; Wine- miller. Dorothy, 119G Fairview Avenue.
Make Luncheon Reservations At Once; Anair Will Take Place on May 11th
. Reservations will be accepted until noon today . by Mrs. Harry Freiden¬ berg, Adams 2661, for the luncheon to be given Tuesday, May -Mth, at 12:90 o'clock at the Bryden Road. Temple by the Rose E. Lazairus Sisterhood. This luncheon , marks _ the closing meeting of the year and is given in honor of the retiring president,. Mrs. Marcus H. Burnstine.
A clever sketch, ''The Beauty Shop," will be presented, officers and board members to appear in the cast.
The following will be voted upon for officers for the ensuing ytear: Mrs. Nathan Gumble, president; Mrs. Adolph W. Loeb, first vice president; Mrs. Louis fcahn, second vice president;- Mrs. S. D. Edelman, recording secre¬ tary; Mrs. Sam Hy.nerhan, corre¬ sponding secretary; Miss Julia Stein¬ feld, ' treasurer; Mrs. Sol Goldsmith, auditor; ,and Mesdames Joseph Basch, Fred. Lazarus, Jr., Hiram H. Cohen and AUcn Gundersheimei;^, directors. , Mrs. L A. Rosenthal and Mrs. Al¬ bert Luchs have been named to fill unexpired terms of directors. Mrs. Marcus Burnstirje automatically ' be^ comes a member of the board.
All members are urged to make their reservations no later than noon today.. The luncheon, which will be a very delioioiis one, will be oiily oiie dollar per plate.
Junior Y.WH. A, Follies On Sunday, May 16th
Don't forget the Junior Y. W. H. A. Follies ou Sunday, May 16th, at 7:30 p. m. at the Schonthal Community House. A real treat is in store for all who will attend. Remember the time and place.
Louis Marshall, Felix M. War¬ burg and Others Pay Him
.. Glowing Tributes
Oscar S.'Straus, American statesman and diplomat, and one of thc'outstaiid- ing figures in American Jewry for half ' a century,, died suddenly Monday morn¬ ing from a heart attack. Mr. Straus was in his scvciityf sixth year. ' ¦ .-,
Oscar Salomon Straus, who was'hon¬ ored by five American, presidents, .was (wicc member of the United States cab- ; inet and was United States Ambassador to . Turkey, the first Jew to, hold this., post. He, was a,colleague of President _ Roosevelt in the formation of-tlic Pro¬ gressive.Party andin 1912 was the can-; didate of his party for governor of New . York. He was born December 23. 1850 and whcnli^ canie to this couiitry settled in Georgia, living at Talbotton, Ga., and: in Columbus, until ,1865. when he came to New York.
He received the degree of Bachelor Of. Arts from Columbia University, in ISTlj ' LL.B. in 1873 and his Master's, degree in 187-J. He 'al.«io held degrees from Brown University, Washington'and Lee, University of Pennsylvania. In 1882 he vvas married to Sarah. Lavanburg.
Served Under Five Presidents , ,.
He practice! law,, in New York from 1873 to lB8i, following, which he, held ,' various civic and governmental posi-: tions, being appointed Ambassador to Turkey in 1887^ which post he held until 1901. He was appointed a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration' at The Hague in 1902* to fill the vacancy of ex-President. Harrison. He was. reap¬ pointed by 'Presidents'. Roosevelt, Taft and. Wilson...Oscar Straus wa.s Sqcre-^ , tarv' of Commerce and Labor in' the cabinet of President Roosevelt and was Ambassador to Turkey agaiii in 1909.'.',
He was chairman of the New York Public Service ComiTiissioh in, ,19,15, and; held various positions in the National Primary League, the American Sbcial. Science Association,'the National Civic Federation, the International Law As-. sociatifih. He was president of the New . York,Board of Trade and Transporta- -, tion. .
Strove for Arbitration and Peace
He was also chairman of the arbitraT tion commission to decide the wage dis¬ pute between eastern railways, and their . engineers in 1902. In 1919 lie was chair-^ man df the /Paris Commission of the League to Enforce Peace, and was a member of President Wilson's second in-, dustrial conference.
Mr; Straus wais the authOi- of many works, including "The .Origin of the Re¬ publican Form of Government in the, United States," ."Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious' Libetry," "The Development of Religious Liberty in the: United States;""Reform in. the. Consular Service," "United States Doctrine of Citizenship," "Our Diplomacy with Ref-r erence to Our Foreign Service," "The American Spirit," and "Under Four,Ad¬ ministrations."
The death of Oscar S, Straus was mourned throughout the country.
Tribute from Louis Marshall
' "Oscar S. Straus was a man who em^ ¦ bodied all that was finest and most ex¬ alted in American citizenship," Mr. Louis Marshall stated. "Exceptionally versed in_ our national history, bur con- XCoiititmed on page i)
THE PI TAU PI FRATERNITY DOES ITS SHARE
, Don't forget tp attend the Mothers Day Celebration (tomorrpw) Sunday evening at the Bryden Koad Temple.
The Pi Tau, Pi Fraternity, through its secretary, Arthur W. Cohen, has sub¬ scribed $75.00 to the United Jewish Fund of Columbus. A 1